"It was my fault. I mistakenly thought your strange accent and the fact that people could barely understand you might have been because you were learning another language. That happened to me occasionally too. But the facts proved that I relied too much on my own experiences and failed to consider that you simply couldn't speak like a normal human being." Sogo Doma said with a sympathetic look.
After hearing that, not to mention everyone else, even Mai Sakurajima, who was sitting on Sogo Doma's lap, nearly burst out laughing. Whatever else could be said, his tongue was truly vicious.
"Damn it, who are you saying can't speak like a normal human being?" As the target of that venomous remark, the man looked rather angry.
"Mm~!" Watching the other man look as though he wanted to lose his temper but was holding himself back, Sogo Doma said teasingly, "Since you can speak like a normal human being, then may I ask, what exactly did you just say...?"
"I told you to give your seat to this elderly man who's standing..." The boy pointed at the somewhat gray-haired man beside him. Believing he was doing something morally admirable, he raised his voice considerably.
Little did he know, after hearing those words, the gray-haired man's face darkened completely...
"So you really can't speak like a normal human being. We're all passengers who paid for our tickets, so shouldn't the use of a public resource like a seat be a right equally shared by every passenger? Oh, if you'll forgive my rudeness, what's your name...?"
"Ki, Kitahara, Haruki Kitahara. Wait..." Haruki Kitahara was stunned by Sogo Doma's question, yet he still answered instinctively. However, judging by his expression, he seemed to want to refute Sogo Doma's argument. But the moment he opened his